The female doctor farmed the land, bought a husband and set up a separate household

The main ingredients of cooling oil are menthol, camphor and eucalyptus oil, all of which have very strong irritating smells, and snakes will actively avoid them when they sense them.

In fact, Fengyoujing is more effective, but its effect is not as long-lasting as Qingliang Oil.

As for things like glass bottles, it is best not to appear in front of the people of this world right now.

Of course, she had already worn off all the paint on the box of the cooling oil, so it looked like a very delicate little iron box. Although it was also rare, it would not be as shocking as the glass one.

When I opened the small box of cooling oil, a strong pungent smell immediately spread out.

"This smell is so pungent!" asked an aunt with pockmarks on her face, "Ning girl, what is this? Where did you get it? Can it really drive away snakes?"

Jiang Sining expected that once this thing was taken out, someone would ask questions to get to the bottom of it, so he had already prepared the answer.

"The day before yesterday, when I was picking mushrooms in the mountains, I met an old man with a white beard who was picking herbs. He saw that the mushrooms I picked were good, so he exchanged this for two kilograms of mushrooms. He said that he lived in the mountains all year round and used this to drive away snakes."

The white-bearded old man in the mountains?

The women looked at each other, and no one had ever heard of such a person nearby.

But it was only exchanged for two kilograms of mushrooms, so it must not be something precious, so everyone believed it for the time being.

With the medicine that can repel snakes, everyone became more motivated.

"Then what are you waiting for? It will get hot if you wait any longer."

At this time, my second aunt and Qiao Yatou just arrived, and everyone started heading towards the mountains.

Not long after they left, three sneaky figures emerged from the woods. They were Jiang Qingmei and her two younger brothers.

In order to get the news, the three of them got up before dawn, which was rare for them, and hid in the woods near the shack.

"Sister, I saw that bastard hiding something in the woods!"

"Then what are you waiting for?" Jiang Qingmei said, "Go find them quickly and give them all to her!"

"Eh!"

The three siblings began to search, but after searching the entire forest, they found nothing.

"That's impossible," Jiang Qinghai said, "I clearly saw her carrying a big pot into the forest, how could it be gone?"

After working for a long time and finding nothing, Jiang Qingmei was filled with hatred. She gritted her teeth and said, "Look again! Even if I have to turn this forest upside down, I will find it today!"

……

While Jiang Qingmei and the other two were searching in vain, Jiang Sining and his group had already climbed over two small hills.

According to Aunt Li's experience, one has to climb over at least two mountains to reach the relatively humid woodland, where the most mushrooms are found.

But when we got here, we started to be careful.

Jiang Sining asked everyone to apply cooling oil, and each person held a stick in their hand. When they were on the road, they would use the stick to hit the grass in front and beside them. This is what is called "startling the snake by stirring up the grass."

Fortunately, we didn't encounter any danger along the way, and we arrived at the bottom of a long and narrow valley.

"This is it," said Aunt Li. "I've been here several times before, and I always pick up a lot of mushrooms."

This long and narrow valley stretches as far as the eye can see.

The trees are dense and the weeds are overgrown. The mountains on both sides block the sunlight, and the temperature is obviously lower than outside. There is also a stream flowing through the bottom of the valley. The air is full of fog and so humid that you can squeeze water out of it.

Jiang Sining wrinkled his nose and sniffed, but didn't smell any snake for the time being. The birds in the surrounding woods were also singing happily, so there was probably no python around.

"Let's split up and look for it. It's best if two people go together and don't separate too far." Jiang Sining said, "Qiao Yatou and Qianqian, don't go looking for mushrooms. Come with me. Jiang Yan..."

"I'm going to pick mushrooms!" Jiang Yan said, "I'll be with my second aunt, nothing will happen to me."

"Okay," Jiang Sining said, "but you have to promise me that you will take good care of my second aunt."

"Yeah! I promise!"

Walking had already taken up too much time, so everyone decided not to rest and just started pulling out the grass with sticks.

Since there were not many people, everyone searched one side of the canyon first, and then went back to search the other side when they reached the end of the canyon. This way the round trip time was about the same.

Jiang Sining did not go looking for mushrooms, but took Qiao Yatou and Qianqian to look around.

Maybe because few people come here, she found some common herbs, such as plantain, prunella vulgaris, honeysuckle, dandelion... and put them all into the space.

In order to hide her tracks, she put a lot of mugwort and mosquito repellent grass in her backpack.

There were only a few mosquito coils left in the space, so she had to make some in advance.

"Big sister!" Jiang Yan ran out from behind a tree, holding a bunch of mushrooms in his hands, and presented them to Jiang Si Ning like offering treasures, "Look, this is what I found!"

Jiang Sining's eyes lit up and he recognized it as Chicken Mushroom at a glance.

This kid is really lucky. There is such a big pile, enough for the three of them to have a meal of chicken mushroom noodles.

"How is it? Are there a lot of mushrooms?"

"Yes!" Jiang Yan nodded heavily, "Second aunt and the others have picked up a lot, almost half a basket. I won't say more, I have to go find mushrooms!"

Time passed quickly and it was noon. This long and narrow valley was almost at the end. Further ahead, a steep stone mountain cut off the canyon.

"Ning girl, we have already picked up a lot, let's turn back here." Aunt Li looked at the mountain ahead and seemed a little scared, "We can't go any further."

"Okay, you guys rest here for a while. I'll go see if there are any herbs at the foot of the mountain."

"Don't go!" Aunt Li quickly pulled her back, "Have you forgotten what mountain this is?"

Jiang Sining was slightly stunned and quickly searched through his original body's memory.

It turns out that this mountain is called Guitou Mountain by the villagers, not only because of its peculiar shape, but also because it is said that there are bandits living in the caves of this mountain.

Of course, this is just a legend, no one has ever seen it with their own eyes.

"Okay, let's go here." Jiang Sining said, "Let's eat first."

Everyone put down their backpacks and found a place to sit down.

Today we had a good harvest. Each of us picked up about 20 kilograms, and the big backpack was almost full.

If there are still so many on the return trip, the backpack will definitely not be able to hold them all.

At this time, the second aunt came over and waved to Qiao girl: "Qiao girl, come with me over there."

Qiao Yatou looked at Jiang Sining and finally walked over obediently. Her second aunt took her for a distance before they found a place to sit down.

"Sister, why are my second aunt and the others sitting so far away?"

Because they didn’t bring any dry food.

My second aunt might have stored some food, but in the morning when there were people at home, she had nowhere to cook. And as my grandmother was so stingy, she definitely wouldn't help her prepare food to bring out.

So she took two pieces of cake and asked Qianqian to deliver them to them.

After eating something, their stomachs were no longer so empty and everyone could no longer sit still. They started their return journey carrying their backpacks.

When we went back, we walked towards the east. The sunlight was more abundant here than on the other side, so it was a little drier and there were not as many mushrooms.

By the time we walked out of the canyon, everyone had just filled their backpacks, estimated to be at least 30 kilograms.

30 jin is 150 coins!

The men in the family did hard labor for others and only earned 30 cents a day. Those with some skills could only earn 50 cents at most.

The abundant harvest made everyone’s face full of anticipation.